LEARNING TOGETHER
Learning alone is good, but learning together is better. Think of it like Football (Don’t mind me😇). Sure, you can watch the match alone but have you ever watch a game at a ball house? That feel is pure ecstasy, especially when you are on the winning side and it is also shared pain when on the losing cause banters hit heavy with different perspective; ask arsenal fans when they lost to Manchester United 😂😖😖
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That’s what happens when we share ideas. Explaining something to others forces us to rethink what we know, finding better ways to explain it until it finally clicks for the new learner. In fact, you often understand things better when you try to teach them, even if halfway through you realise you sound like a comedian pretending to be a professor.
Curiosity grows faster in a community. I’m fairly certain that it is one too many curious questions that birth several of the Yoruba folklores; why does the tortoise have a cracked shell? This one spawns many stories that made my childhood, or why does the agama lizard seem to nod its head? That’s the beauty of learning together. It’s messy, funny, and unforgettable.
The sayings ‘Ajose lo maa n dun’ meaning Collaboration is sweeter, and the popular one by Nigerian Superstar, ‘We rise by lifting others’ is to show that solitude can be good, we all want to lock in, however, best believe when I say that to lock in with like-minded friends offers more tremendous rewards☺️
So keep learning, keep asking, keep sharing. And let me intrigue you: if you had to teach one idea you’ve learned recently, what would it be? Do we learn more from books, or from the banter we share with others?
